Tuesdays

Incompetence infuriates me.

Why is it that-- for the most part-- every PD ("professional development") meeting is an absolute waste of time? (Every Tuesday afternoon...)

I am confident I could become a better teacher (in terms of instruction, management, investment, differentiation, you name it...) if we had effective "professional development" meetings.

What is the solution to this problem?

Get rid of pointless, unproductive "professional development" meetings that only waste teachers' time (60 hours per year, give or take) and school resources. Revamp the system and means of training teachers to become effective instructors. Model effective teaching strategies that could actually help teachers make significant gains with their students. (And not to mention, help them become better teachers...)

But with this current system-- flawed at its core-- how?